<pre><code>&lt;?php

$message = 'fenced code block';
echo $message;</code></pre>
<pre><code>tilde</code></pre>
<pre><code class="language-php">echo 'language identifier';</code></pre>
<pre><code class="language-c#">echo 'language identifier with non words';</code></pre>
<pre><code class="language-html+php">&lt;?php
echo "Hello World";
?&gt;
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<pre><code>the following isn't quite enough to close
```
still a fenced code block</code></pre>
<pre><code>foo


bar</code></pre>
<pre><code class="language-php">&lt;?php
echo "Hello World";</code></pre>